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Mahwah Township Board of Education

23 meetings on our record, 17 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 49 min · 2,812 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 16, 2026
Staff updates Mahwah school board on construction projects, life skills room bidPlay 46:52
Newest meeting we have
Sep 16, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Prema C. Moorthy, President · Brett Coplin, Trustee · Trista Daveniero, Trustee · Michael Galow, Trustee · Christopher L. Hughes, Trustee · Steve Huston, Trustee · Janine Ting Jansen, Trustee · Richard A. DeSilva, Jr., First Vice President · Benjamin A. Kezmarsky, Second Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 07 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Staff updates Mahwah school board on construction projects, life skills room bidAI in schoolsSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Benjamin A. Kezmarsky, Michael Galow
Play 46:52
Board meeting · 48 minWednesday, August 26, 2026Mahwah board hears district averaged 77.5 out of 78 on bullying self-assessmentPhones in schoolSpeakers: Benjamin A. Kezmarsky, Michael Galow, Christopher L. Hughes, Janine Ting Jansen and 1 more
Play 3:08
Board meetingWednesday, August 5, 2026Speakers: Michael Galow
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Board meeting · 35 minWednesday, July 22, 2026Phones in schoolSpeakers: Richard A. DeSilva, Jr.
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 17 board meetings, Dec 3, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.
Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting
Prema C. MoorthyPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Members · listed by seat
Brett CoplinTrusteeShare0.8min, at least8 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Trista DavenieroTrustee · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.2min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Michael GalowTrusteeShare1.5min, at least14 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Christopher L. HughesTrustee · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least6 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Steve HustonTrustee · We could name only 7% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, at least2 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Janine Ting JansenTrustee · We could name only 21% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.4min, at least6 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Richard A. DeSilva, Jr.First Vice PresidentShare0.7min, at least7 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Benjamin A. KezmarskySecond Vice President · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least6 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 23 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

July 22, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 2 of its meetings.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance7%0%–15%
Public comment6%3%–11%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–2%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 39% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

    Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

    Public comment

    Of the 23 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 20; 7 had at least one. The busiest, on Dec 3, 2025, heard from 4.

    4 on Dec 3, 20254 speakers2 speakers0.8 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 17 of the 23 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 16Aug 26Aug 5Jul 22Jul 8Jun 10May 11May 4Apr 8Mar 25Mar 4Feb 25Feb 11Jan 21Jan 7Dec 17Dec 3
    Prema C. MoorthyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Michael GalowPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Richard A. DeSilva, Jr.Not recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Benjamin A. KezmarskyPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresent
    Trista DavenieroPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Steve HustonNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recorded
    Christopher L. HughesNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Janine Ting JansenPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Brett CoplinNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3409330 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district